Have foodborne parasites finally become a global concern?

Robertson, Lucy J.; Giessen, J.W.B. van der; Batz, Michael; Kojima, Mina; Cahill, Sarah

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“…Infected crabs may also cross oceans [ 148 , 149 ], exported to Japanese restaurants in the USA where they have caused paragonimiasis in American patrons [ 150 , 151 ]. Increased globalization of the food supply is likely to lead to many more cases confounding medical practitioners in non-endemic areas [ 4 ]. Not surprisingly, immigrants arriving in non-endemic areas often bring their diseases with them [ 17 ].…”

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Paragonimiasis

Blair

2014

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

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“…Paragonimus species were collectively ranked at 14 [ 4 ]. Even in the twenty-fi rst century surveys of newly discovered endemic foci, or new examination of known foci, uncover prevalences of paragonimiasis that, for more fashionable diseases, would lead to great alarm.…”

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Paragonimiasis

Blair

2014

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

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“…Concurrent with ecological perturbation derived from climate change is the potential for development of new and unwelcome interfaces that lead to exchange of pathogens or host switching and concomitant emergence of disease (see Brooks et al, 2014). Our changing relationships to the environments in which we live, and our capacities for dispersal and interaction resulting from population growth and new technologies, are driving homogenization on global scales (Ricciardi, 2007;Hoberg, 2010) and, in particular, the distribution and dissemination of an array of foodborne parasites (Robertson et al, 2014). Further, they are directly influencing the emergence of diseases as a component of larger integrated crises for perturbation, pervasive extinction, and loss of diversity across the biosphere (Brooks and Hoberg, 2013;Mora and Zapata, 2013;Dirzo et al, 2014).…”

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Anthropogenics: Human Influence on Global and Genetic Homogenization of Parasite Populations

Zarlenga¹,

Hoberg²,

Rosenthal³

et al. 2014

Journal of Parasitology

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“…These parasites are essentially derived from waste-water reuse and are therefore of primary public health concern. In a recently published report from WHO/FAO (Anon., 2012d;Robertson, et al, 2013) parasites associated with fresh produce and derived products were among the top-20 foodborne parasites ranked, with Taenia solium ranked as number one. Among the others listed that could be related to fresh produce were Echinococcus granulosis and multilocularis, Toxoplasma gondii, Entamoeba histolytica and Fasciola spp.…”

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Salmonella and Tomatoes

Bartz¹,

Marvasi²,

Teplitski³

2014

The Produce Contamination Problem

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Have foodborne parasites finally become a global concern?

Cited by 89 publications

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Anthropogenics: Human Influence on Global and Genetic Homogenization of Parasite Populations

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